Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Wednesday Senate Bill 2, legislation aimed at slowing the growth of Texans’ property tax bills. The bill was one of the top priorities for Texas lawmakers this legislative session.

Currently, local governments can increase collections by 8 percent before the public can petition for a rollback election. Houston is under different rules because of a voter referendum and can only go to 4 percent….

A measure meant to slow the growth of Texans’ property tax bills has been signed into law. Gov. Greg Abbott gave his stamp of approval to an expansive reform bill Wednesday.

2019 may have been the perfect year for lawmakers to pass an ambitious and expensive school finance reform and property tax reduction plan. Now Texas politicians face questions about whether doing so — without raising taxes elsewhere — will be sustainable in less auspicious times.

Legislation to rein in property tax collections would have slowed the pace of property tax increases in three Central Texas cities had the measures been in place since 2013, but taxes still would have increased every year, an American-Statesman analysis has found.